Pelagodroma marina, White-faced storm petrel

Pelagodroma marina   (Latham, 1790)

White-faced storm petrel
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Hydrobatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Temperate to tropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 70.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 1.73 cm; tarsus: 4.42 cm; wing: 16.1 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Wingspan: 42 cm (Ref. 8812). Forms breeding colonies (Ref. 91362). Found over sea and along shores (Ref. 83946). Typically gregarious at sea. Does not typically trail ships. Non-feeding flight erratic; feeding flight strong and direct (Ref. 91362). Exhibits pattering and pursuit-diving (Ref. 81748).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=17.82-35.52).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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